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β 1 -Blockade Prevents Post-Ischemic Myocardial Decompensation Via β 3 AR-Dependent Protective Sphingosine-1 Phosphate Signaling.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017 July 12
BACKGROUND: Although β-blockers increase survival in patients with heart failure (HF), the mechanisms behind this protection are not fully understood, and not all patients with HF respond favorably to them. We recently showed that, in cardiomyocytes, a reciprocal down-regulation occurs between β1 -adrenergic receptors (ARs) and the cardioprotective sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor-1 (S1PR1 ).
OBJECTIVES: The authors hypothesized that, in addition to salutary actions due to direct β1 AR-blockade, agents such as metoprolol (Meto) may improve post-myocardial infarction (MI) structural and functional outcomes via restored S1PR1 signaling, and sought to determine mechanisms accounting for this effect.
METHODS: We tested the in vitro effects of Meto in HEK293 cells and in ventricular cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rats. In vivo, we assessed the effects of Meto in MI wild-type and β3 AR knockout mice.
RESULTS: Here we report that, in vitro, Meto prevents catecholamine-induced down-regulation of S1PR1 , a major cardiac protective signaling pathway. In vivo, we show that Meto arrests post-MI HF progression in mice as much as chronic S1P treatment. Importantly, human HF subjects receiving β1 AR-blockers display elevated circulating S1P levels, confirming that Meto promotes S1P secretion/signaling. Mechanistically, we found that Meto-induced S1P secretion is β3 AR-dependent because Meto infusion in β3 AR knockout mice does not elevate circulating S1P levels, nor does it ameliorate post-MI dysfunction, as in wild-type mice.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study uncovers a previously unrecognized mechanism by which β1 -blockers prevent HF progression in patients with ischemia, suggesting that β3 AR dysfunction may account for limited/null efficacy in β1 AR-blocker-insensitive HF subjects.
OBJECTIVES: The authors hypothesized that, in addition to salutary actions due to direct β1 AR-blockade, agents such as metoprolol (Meto) may improve post-myocardial infarction (MI) structural and functional outcomes via restored S1PR1 signaling, and sought to determine mechanisms accounting for this effect.
METHODS: We tested the in vitro effects of Meto in HEK293 cells and in ventricular cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rats. In vivo, we assessed the effects of Meto in MI wild-type and β3 AR knockout mice.
RESULTS: Here we report that, in vitro, Meto prevents catecholamine-induced down-regulation of S1PR1 , a major cardiac protective signaling pathway. In vivo, we show that Meto arrests post-MI HF progression in mice as much as chronic S1P treatment. Importantly, human HF subjects receiving β1 AR-blockers display elevated circulating S1P levels, confirming that Meto promotes S1P secretion/signaling. Mechanistically, we found that Meto-induced S1P secretion is β3 AR-dependent because Meto infusion in β3 AR knockout mice does not elevate circulating S1P levels, nor does it ameliorate post-MI dysfunction, as in wild-type mice.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study uncovers a previously unrecognized mechanism by which β1 -blockers prevent HF progression in patients with ischemia, suggesting that β3 AR dysfunction may account for limited/null efficacy in β1 AR-blocker-insensitive HF subjects.
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